Since version 2.0.3 OpenOffice.org users of builds providing an UpdateURL can manually check for available updates by invoking "Help -> Check for Updates .." . Starting with version 2.0.4 OpenOffice.org can perform this check automatically in a user configurable interval.

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This is an attempt to define a second version of the update notification protocol, which is better extendable, can also be used for [[Extensions | extensions]] and no longer uses http post requests.

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= Request =

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The update notification request is a http get request to an URL, which may contain the operating system and processor type the OpenOffice.org instance is compiled for either as part of the URL or as URL parameter.

The other supported reply format, which also allows to include several components or several versions of a single component, is to embed the update document in an [http://tools.ietf.org/wg/atompub/draft-ietf-atompub-format/rfc4287.txt atom feed].